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Become a Mumpreneur Profile: Jane of CraftyHobbies
 
What’s your business name and what do you offer?
Craftyhobbies started life as an online shop 5 years ago and I have had a high street shop for 3 and half years now. I sell card making embellishments and papers etc, haberdashery, wool, lace and ribbon. I sell my ribbon by the metre , in pre cut lengths and in packs, ready made craft packs and job lots on line. I offer one to one and group card making lessons, plus “come in and craft” …

If you have a flexible business opportunity which might suit WAHMs please do get in touch with caroline@familyfriendlyworking.co.uk. We’re looking for genuine opportunities for parents which can be done from home or fitted around the school run.

To help kids become fitter in a fun way, Pineapple Leisure Ltd is releasing
the inflatable Jump Gym and offering the chance for local owner operators to
run their own Jump Gym businesses in individual towns throughout the UK.

Name of Business: Baba Me
Your Name and Age: Maebh Collins, 38
Tell us about your family (partner, children, ages, where you live etc: whatever you feel happy sharing)

I am happily married to my husband Pete who is also a director of our Company Baba Me. We have four Children, Seamus 18, Aine 14, Tiarnan 6 and Feidhlem 4. We live in a beautiful spot called Omeath which is right on the coastal peninsula between Dundalk and Newry, in Ireland. It is the sort of village where everyone knows each other.

The Smarta Way to do Business is an informal but informative guide written for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs Matt Thomas and Shaa Wasmund.

If you’re  unemployed and have been claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) for more than six months, you could receive a support package worth up to £2,000 to help you start your own business.  The New Enterprise Allowance scheme is to be expanded with the aim of creating up to 40,000 new businesses over the next two years according to a new Government announcement.

I used to work in an office and had a long commute. By the time I got home in the evenings, work seemed far away and I didn’t have to worry about it until the next day. When things were busy or stressful it was hard to stop thinking about work sometimes, but I found a way to switch off from it all and relax when I was at home.
Now my work is at home it’s a bit different. My ‘work’ is a laptop and a few piles of paper …

I’ve been a work at home mum for four months, not very long. But I’m encouraged by how it’s going. Work is coming my way and the big challenge is fitting it around my three young children.
It took me a long time to decide what work I could do from home. I looked into lots of different opportunities. First of all I considered virtual assistant work, but I realised it was a competitive market. Many people already doing it had a stronger secretarial background than me, so instantly it seemed …

Talk about the mother of great ideas…
Six of Britain’s most respected female entrepreneurs have thrown their weight behind a groundbreaking new initiative that supports mums in business.